Module size was limited to 64MB, this was legacy limitation due to vmalloc() which was removed a while ago.
Limiting module size to 64MB is both pointless and affects real world use cases. Cc: Rusty Russell <[email protected]> Cc: Tim Abbott <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]> --- kernel/module.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 2c93276..3d56b6f 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -2380,8 +2380,7 @@ static int copy_and_check(struct load_info *info, return -ENOEXEC; /* Suck in entire file: we'll want most of it. */ - /* vmalloc barfs on "unusual" numbers. Check here */ - if (len > 64 * 1024 * 1024 || (hdr = vmalloc(len)) == NULL) + if ((hdr = vmalloc(len)) == NULL) return -ENOMEM; if (copy_from_user(hdr, umod, len) != 0) { -- 1.7.8.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
